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One of my C. diminutus females carrying eggs appears to have been injured during mating. She has lost one of her walking legs and a couple of the others do not seem to be able to move correctly.

Because of this, she has a very difficult time staying upright on her legs, and if she flips over, she cannot turn herself back.

She appears to be crippled but not sick or dying. I know there is not much I can do, but I have been using a jet of water from a turkey baster to turn her back over when I notice she is flipped.

Mating must not be a very safe activity for female crays. I've noticed that they often lose a claw (or two) in the process.

I know this is not the first time there has been a report of one of your females being injured after mating Hope she recovers soon after her next molt, and provides you with a good amount of offspring

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When this happens in my cajun tanks I take the female out and put her in a 2 1/2 gallon tank by herself. I slowly nurse her back to health. Half the time this works. Sometimes she is just to injured. I have a female right now that is holding eggs isolated. She is missing about 5 of her legs and 1 claw. Still alive after 1 week and still holding. She just might make it. I think yours may be fine as long as you isolate her and she eats. Laying on their side is generally not a problem as long as they are eating. Good luck with her.

Jason

Thanks Jason!

Right now I am keeping all of my berried females in those floating plastic guppy breeder tanks, so she can't be harmed by other crays.

I'll make sure to watch her closely to make sure that she is eating.

Good Luck. I hope she recovers.

Eating is the main thing, along with clean water. As long as she can still eat, and doesn't develop secondary infection/s, she should be able to recover with time.

She seems much better today and has stayed upright on her own all day. I also saw her grab the food pellet I offered, so things are looking up for her.

You can't keep a good crayfish down.

Happy to hear that she is better Back to hatching babies